I suppose an iPad can replace a computer if you want to view cat videos. If you want to do word processing, spreadsheets, or even explain in detail why the guy posting on your favorite forum is an idiot, it's not even close to replacing the computer.
Maybe most people don't do the first two, but how could anyone do without the last?
Living paycheck to paycheck has little to do with income and a lot to do with spending. I know people making $200K per year and living paycheck to paycheck. I know people making $30K per year who have healthy savings.
True, but there is a limit. If you pay $500/month rent, that's 6K a year. Big chunk of that 30K just for one thing. And many places don't have rents or house payments that low. Add a car, utility bills, phone bills, and there's not much left. Then the car breaks, your roof leaks, you get sick. You're in trouble even if you haven't screwed up financially.
One problem there is, my expenses aren't always fixed, known costs. Maybe I just had major car expenses, or my roof collapsed (or both) right when my software is expiring. If I own the software, I can keep running the old version until I'm ready to upgrade.
I actually dumped Quicken a few years ago due to numerous minor but annoying glitches. I'm currently using plain old spreadsheets to track my money. Might be clunky and limited compared to Quicken, gnucash, or any of the other finance programs, but they're completely under my control, no unexpected surprises, and if Microsoft screws me, I can easily switch to Libre or Google.
Once I asked why I should have a Twitter account, and was told, "to get news quicker". My response was, "Why? The 'instant' news is always wrong! I'd rather wait so there's at least a chance it might be somewhat accurate".
Heh! I'd have fun getting to work right now. Though the streets are mostly clear, the salt treatments have nearly obliterated the lines. Plus, they're working on the roads near my job and there's orange cones all over the place. Easy, but annoying for me. For the machine? I can't see it.
Nope! My phone's fine for watching cat videos, but for anything serious, and a lot that isn't, I use my laptop. And my tablet is basically an oversize phone that can't make calls.
YES!!! That is the main reason I seldom go to FB. Any other site, I can see what's new, decide it's crap, and leave. On FB, I see a bunch of old crap, miss the new crap I want to see, and just get pissed off at the whole thing.
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He was paying attention. He exercised, then he hit the button.
Right now, it's too cold to go out. In 6 months, it will be too hot. In between, it will be too rainy.
It is obviously time for Trump to put his money where his mouth is
I don't think even he has that much money.
People were saying the same thing about Ada 20 years ago -- Don't see a ton of Ada software around.
Maybe if there was, we wouldn't have so many exploits. :p
I suppose an iPad can replace a computer if you want to view cat videos. If you want to do word processing, spreadsheets, or even explain in detail why the guy posting on your favorite forum is an idiot, it's not even close to replacing the computer.
Maybe most people don't do the first two, but how could anyone do without the last?
But, the poverty line is 7 feet high!
Living paycheck to paycheck has little to do with income and a lot to do with spending. I know people making $200K per year and living paycheck to paycheck. I know people making $30K per year who have healthy savings.
True, but there is a limit. If you pay $500/month rent, that's 6K a year. Big chunk of that 30K just for one thing. And many places don't have rents or house payments that low. Add a car, utility bills, phone bills, and there's not much left. Then the car breaks, your roof leaks, you get sick. You're in trouble even if you haven't screwed up financially.
My car doesn't have most of the features you mention, but it does have a rear-view camera. I don't want another car without that feature.
One problem there is, my expenses aren't always fixed, known costs. Maybe I just had major car expenses, or my roof collapsed (or both) right when my software is expiring. If I own the software, I can keep running the old version until I'm ready to upgrade.
I actually dumped Quicken a few years ago due to numerous minor but annoying glitches. I'm currently using plain old spreadsheets to track my money. Might be clunky and limited compared to Quicken, gnucash, or any of the other finance programs, but they're completely under my control, no unexpected surprises, and if Microsoft screws me, I can easily switch to Libre or Google.
Once I asked why I should have a Twitter account, and was told, "to get news quicker". My response was, "Why? The 'instant' news is always wrong! I'd rather wait so there's at least a chance it might be somewhat accurate".
Worse, what if the receipt was in his pocket. He reaches for it, and BAM!
I only need one post-it, for my login password. Everything else is in a text file named "Top Secret Passwords". What could go wrong?
Particularly when you have 50 such passwords.
Also, the fees for moving the bitcoins might exceed the value of the coins.
Heh! I remember someone with new pants with faded colors and wholes, and I was thinking "what's the big deal? Half of my old pants look like that!"
Bitcoin bulls are always yelling about the moon, so why shouldn't it get the blame when it turns the other way.
It's initials aren't much better. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks of a female dog.
What I find interesting is, people complain about English having odd spelling/pronunciation, but some of our strangest words are from the French.
Frying pans and fires?
What if you're in a big crowd, surrounded by people on all sides?
Heh! I'd have fun getting to work right now. Though the streets are mostly clear, the salt treatments have nearly obliterated the lines. Plus, they're working on the roads near my job and there's orange cones all over the place. Easy, but annoying for me. For the machine? I can't see it.
Nope! My phone's fine for watching cat videos, but for anything serious, and a lot that isn't, I use my laptop. And my tablet is basically an oversize phone that can't make calls.
Heck, I got email right after buying a new car, telling me that next year's model just came in!
YES!!! That is the main reason I seldom go to FB. Any other site, I can see what's new, decide it's crap, and leave. On FB, I see a bunch of old crap, miss the new crap I want to see, and just get pissed off at the whole thing.